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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Zero wait state and caches
Keywords: wait states, cache
Message-ID: <188@nat-3.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 90 21:42:16 GMT
Organization: White Spot (North)  Oakton, VA
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Hello --

	I have a 25 MHz 386 motherboard with no cache, but with
plenty of 70 ns DRAM that provides zero wait state performance.
Is there any reason that a cache would boost performance on my
machine?  My (very limited, probably incorrect, software-oriented)
reasoning is NO:

	-	My 386 places a memory request on the bus in one
		CPU cycle.

	-	Since I have zero wait state memory, my DRAMS
		will satisfy the request in the next CPU cycle.

	-	You can't do better than that, so ...

	-	A cache will not boost performance.

Would someone please tell me where I am right and where I am wrong?

Please respond by e-mail since I do not subscribe to this newsgroup.

				Thank you very much,

					John
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